ალაგი

Georgian

Alternative forms

• ალაგე (alage) (Guria, Imereti)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Georgian ალაგი (alagi, “road, way”), according to Ačaṙean borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian աղագ (ałag, “road way”). The Armenian word itself has no secure etymology.

Cognate with Mingrelian ოლაგე (olage). Compare Laz ალაგა (alaga), ალარგა (alarga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑlɑɡɪ/

Noun

ალაგი • (alagi) (plural ალაგები)

1. place
2. service, job

Synonyms

• ადგილი (adgili)

Derived terms

• ალაგას (alagas)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աղագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 117b
• Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “ალაგი”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries]‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences